Next week will be telling. Texas isn't that good, but there's still potential there so their breakout game might be at a bad time for ISU.
Lack of depth is going to show much earlier than the 4th quarter if injuries start to occur, which is pretty natural this time of year.
I don't know what our Texas ratio of players on the roster is, but that's always a point of contention CMC could bring about as Texas didn't offer those guys. ISU has played Texas crazily tough the last 3 years, so might be something to it.